Word · Frequency #18478
sustenances
食物；营养；生计
sustenances is the plural of sustenance.
核心释义
Something, especially food, that supports life or gives strength.
- 1.
提供支持或营养的东西。
Something that provides support or nourishment.
提供支持或营养的东西。；生活资料；生计；食物；支持；[法] 营养物
用法In use
The hikers carried enough sustenance to last the three-day trip.
用法提示：此处 sustenance 是名词，表示“食物、营养”，作 carried 的宾语。
For many families, a steady job is the main sustenance that keeps them secure.
用法提示：此处 sustenance 是名词，指“支持、生计来源”，作表语。
The soup provided warm sustenance on the cold winter evening.
用法提示：此处 sustenance 是名词，表示“营养、滋养”，作 provided 的宾语。
sustenance for sb/sth
常与 food 并列使用，说明供应给某人或某物的食物或营养，也可引申为精神支持。
The refugees need food and sustenance for their long journey.
难民需要食物和营养来维持长途旅程。
derive sustenance from sth
derive ... from ... 为正式表达，意为“从……中获得”，此处后接来源。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- daily sustenance
- 日常生计；每日食物
- Farming provides daily sustenance for the village.农耕为这个村庄提供日常生计。
- source of sustenance
- 生计来源；营养来源
- The river was their main source of sustenance.这条河是他们主要的生计来源。
- spiritual sustenance
- 精神食粮
- Books gave her spiritual sustenance during difficult times.在困难时期，书籍给了她精神食粮。
- provide sustenance
- 提供食物；维持生计
- These plants provide sustenance for many animals.这些植物为许多动物提供食物。
- means of sustenance
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
sustenance 可联想成一碗热粥：提供支撑和营养，维持生命。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、nutrition and diet、literary texts 该词比较正式，通常用于书面语或学术、文学语境，口语中更常说 food 或 nourishment。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
None of these rhymes exactly with sustenance (/ˈsʌstinəns/). Maintenance and countenance are spelling lookalikes but have different stressed vowels and stress patterns. Abstinence and pertinence share the unstressed /tɪnəns/ ending but do not rhyme with sustenance.
一起学习词形Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.